For those attending for the first time, the forms began in the 80s as a way to bring expert speakers to capitol hill to discuss critical topics and bipartisan atmosphere. We have an expert speaker to address a critical topics in a bipartisan collegial atmosphere. There are a lot of media here, so i asked during the question and answers, reserve the for the Congressional Staff because of the limited time constraints and schedules. We are honored to have a prolific author, to address whats happening in asia today. Especially the citizens of hong kong and south korea on the front lines of freedom. Form is the author of south korea, shut down. The coming collapse of china. Shes the calmness of the daily beast and his writings on china have been featured in numerous newspapers from the New York Times the wall street journal and hes also a frequent commentator on cnn, fox news, msnbc, pbs and many others as well as a regular coke host and guest. I know his time is in great demand. We are mon
In the name of god, most compassionate, the most erciful. May blessings and praise be upon the prophet mohamed. Mr. President , i would like to congratulate your deserved election as the president of the 74th General Assembly of the nited nations. And good ou success luck for your excellency and the honorable secretary general. At the outset, i would like to commemorate the freedom seeking movement of hussein, peace be upon him, and pay homage to all the freedom seekers of the world, who do not now to oppression and aggression, and who struggle for rights as well as to the spirit of all of the oppressed martyrs of terrorist strikes and bombardments in yemen, syria, occupied palestine, afghanistan, and other countries of the world, including iraq. Ladies and gentlemen, the middle east is burning in the flames of war, bloodshed, aggression, and religious fanaticism and extremism. Under such circumstances, the suppressed people of palestine are the biggest victims. Discrimination, appropr
I do have an outside voice if i need it. Thank you for being here. How wonderful it is to see you and see a full house for our panel. I will do housekeeping before i start. It will be a 60 minute session, 40 minutes of conversation, questions from all of you. Be nice when you ask questions. Be respectful to one another and our panelists. If you are going to tweet about the event, silence earphones. We encourage the. You saw upon the screen that if you are a member of the tribune and want to give us more this weekend, and you want to renew, we have a three day getaway to the Hotel San Cristobal in mexico. Drawingenter you into a to be the winner of that great getaway and become a member. I will get started. I am evan smith. Panel of this [applause] stop pandering. Name of this panel is talking heads. Either you get the reference or you dont. Its ok if you dont. It doesnt regardless of the explanation you will see here. Gathered on stage are five chosen talking heads, contributors to a r
Oppose anu support or impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump. We will keep it simple. If you support the inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7488000. Tell us why. If you oppose an impeachment inquiry, we want to hear from you at 202 7848001. We want to hear your reasoning. You can always text us your 202 7488003. Once again, things are moving quickly in washington when it comes to this impeachment inquiry that democrats have opened into President Donald Trump. This is a look at the New York Times on what is going on in washington. Democrats moving quickly to escalate their imprisonment inquiry impeachment inquiry. They subpoenaed mike pompeo on friday. Once again, we want to know from you whether you support or oppose this impeachment inquiry. We have a call already from washington. The caller imposes opposes the inquiry. Why do you oppose an impeachment inquiry . Caller im actually in california. I oppose it because i dont understand biden is on film saying what he did i
Everyone. Fternoon yall find seats and will get our panel going. Good morning. Welcome to the fifth annual mississippi book festival. Im Chris Goodwin with Mississippi Department of archives and history. If you havent done so, please silence your cell phone. This panel on the u. S. Civil war is sponsored by the Mississippi Humanities Council and Mississippi State university. One of the book festivals Board Members from Mississippi State John Marszalek is on the panel. Is Francis Coleman here . Dean of the libraries . Another strong supporter. As is stewart rock off director of the Mississippi Humanities Council. I do believe hes in the room. We thank them for their support and we are in the room today courtesy of foreman watkins law firm. Our panelists are Jacquelyn Hall, shelby harriel, ben wynne and john nsmarszalek. You can purchase the books ne outdoors. And you can find the times they will be signing in your brochure. We will hear from our panelists for about 40 minutes and then w